The Jane Coffin Childs Memorial Fund for Medical Research (JCC Fund) was established by the Childs Family in 1937, to honor the memory of Jane Coffin Childs. Inspired by the founding purpose to support research into the causes and treatment of cancer, the Fund’s mission has broadened to support fundamental scientific research that advances our understanding of the causes, treatments, and cures for human disease.
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Dr. Hannah Ledvina – a JCC Fellow in Dr. Aaron Whiteley’s lab at the University of Colorado, Boulder – has discovered a new mechanism for how bacteria fend off infecting phage. All organisms, including bacteria, […]
Read MoreDr. Taekjip Ha has joined the JCC Board of Scientific Advisors. Dr. Ha is a Bloomberg Distinguished Professor of Biophysics and Biophysical Chemistry, Biophysics, and Biomedical Engineering at Johns Hopkins University, and an investigator with […]
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